I agree with Whitlock, that is the approach that I would take on the matter. I would hit up the local harware store and find some cool stuff to make one out of. I think that some silver pipe with ruber feet with a piece of plexiglass mounted on top of the feet with a simple bolt and ruber stoppers over the top of that would look really cool. Just make sure that the front feet are slightly smaller than the rear and that you have to cut them at the right angle. but you can put a rubber divider/o-ring between the silver pipe and the plexiglass. Make sure that you go with a brush alluminum look if you can, or a polished solver look. I think that this I you can include the fan below this just as easily too. Thats my idea, if you are going to go away from the old powerbook for the stand.

Here is a little rendering that I did for the stand. O yea, the blue things are the rubber stopers that I am talking about, bumps, if you will. To protect the laptop and the stand from scratches of course.

Sorry, I didn't understand exactly what he meant. That would definatly look good. Just a suggestion if you go with that. Sand te top and the edges of that plexi (which should be 1/4" if you like this idea), and drill 2 holes in the plexi's back edge. Then insert LED's into those holes and it would have a nice glow effect.

ubergeek, this is my rendering, not whitlock's. I just agree with him about doing a custom design of the stand, rather than using an old powerbook for it. The one I drew was my design, not to be confused. I think it would turn out really nice.

I was just messing with the fact that you said two bumps, instead of 4. Just thought that it would be funny and interesting to see a laptop positioned on 2 bumps in the layout as you drew, thats all. I understood what you meant.

I am making a Smoked Acrylic stand for a coworker/friend of mine who has a powerbook. He likes the iCurve, but wants something different. I'll post some pictures once I get it made.

Oh, I'm using my homemade Acrylic Bender. If anyone is interested, I can post a guide on how to build your own plastic bender? Total project cost is about $50, considering commercial benders cost $199, it saves you a bunch of cash.

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